Another Studio View
These are rock samples collected by
the Southland Museum in Invercargill.
Outside Walls
Today I have had my electric chainsaw
out and been clearing walls on which
I can glue up photographs that
I have been storing in my studio.
This photo is several years old,
taken of a piece of driftwood
that I picked up near here.
The green plant on either
side is the vine Tecomanthe
Speciosa
A Child
I have quite a lot of toys here and tonight
also a child.
The blue inflatable fish I’ve had for about
2 years, it originally came from
Invercargill.
I’d had a few attempts at turning it into a picture
but to no avail although I did make
an earlier version, from the collection of the
Southland Museum.
It was a fish turned into light.
But to get back to the point,
the child today had found the blue
fish, blown it up, and brought it
to show me.
It made me take up my camera again.
Hanging
I’m having a major rehanging
of the walls where I live at present.
It’s taking much longer than I thought
it would, but still, it requires thought.
The bed in the upper photo is in fact
quite small. It’s a child’s bed in my guest room.
The pink object on the foot of the bed
is a hot water bottle.
The nights are frosty here at present.
A New Photo
I took this photo on Sunday. Seemingly it came
out of nowhere. I’d bought these two figures
in the last couple of weeks, both at separate
second hand stores. At the time I wasn’t considering
photographing them at all.
I was admiring them and moving them around on my
studio desk when suddenly I saw that there was
the possibility of a photograph. I only took one frame.
Why the photograph works for me I couldn’t explain
but it holds my attention and I am going to print up
an edition.
Most pressing problem now is what to call it.
Pumpkin
Although I bought this at a food shop,
I just can’t bring myself to cut it up
and eat it.
It is safe in my kitchen.
Portraiture
The urge to take portraits is, for me,
one that only comes intermittently,
alas.
One rush came in the mid to late 70’s.
Then there was an extremely large gap.
Another rush came about 5 years ago.
In this case I took a photo of my grandson
Stan who lived in Darwin at that time.
Now he lives in Brisbane but later this week he
will be in Auckland.
Right now I am feeling that I would
like to make some more portraits.
I’m in the mood.
But, all the same
I don’t think that I have a future as
a baby photographer